Power is what they want, not candy-power to execute their design, power to give legs and feet, form and actuality to their thought; which, to a clear-sighted man, appears the end for which the universe exists, and all its resources might be well applied.

Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.

Who loses a day loses life.

The world is young: the former great men call to us affectionately. We too must write Bibles, to unite again the heavens and the earthly world.

History is full, down to this day, of the imbecility of kings and governors. They are a class of persons much to be pitied, for they know not what they should do.

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is so much warmth, so much bread.